Pop Culture Crash Course
This or That

Safety or Sorry?

Geography-ish

Finish That Lyric

100

This actor appears in the MCU as a hero and villain

What is RDJ

100

Octopus or squid: Which one has three hearts?

What is Octopus

100

This is a safety device commonly used in high-risk environments to prevent the sudden release of pressure from tanks, pipelines, or other systems.

What is a pressure relief valve?

100

This European microstate is the second-smallest country in the world by area, famous for its casinos.

What is Monaco?

100

Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely world…

What is 'She took the midnight train goin' anywhere'?


Don't Stop Believin' by Journey

200

Before becoming a global Netflix hit, this Korean survival drama was almost cancelled during production due to budget concerns.

What is Squid Game?

200

Venus or Mercury: Which planet has the hottest surface temperature in our solar system?

What is Venus

200

According to workplace safety studies, this time of day sees the highest number of workplace accidents due to worker fatigue and decreased attention.

What is the afternoon (typically between 2 PM and 4 PM)?

200

This is the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

What is Iran?

200

"Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the..."

What is Fandango?

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

300

This pop star's 2020 album "folklore" was recorded entirely during COVID-19 lockdown and won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

What is Taylor Swift?

300

Wombat or koala: Which Australian marsupial produces cube-shaped droppings?

What is Wombat

300

This gas, heavier than air, can accumulate in low-lying areas and displace oxygen, causing workers to collapse without warning.

What is carbon dioxide?

300

This Asian city-state is the only country in the world that is also a city, and sits at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.

What is Singapore?

300

I'm not a businessman, I'm a...

What is 'business, man!'?


Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Jay-Z & Kanye West)

400

This 2020 film, directed by Christopher Nolan, explores time manipulation and stars John David Washington and Robert Pattinson.

What is Tenet?

400

Which "nut" is technically not a nut at all, but rather a seed that grows from a fruit?

What are cashews?

400

The safety color orange is specifically reserved for marking these types of workplace hazards.

What are moving parts of machinery? (Accept: What are dangerous machine parts?)

400

This African country completely surrounds another sovereign nation and is one of only three countries to do so worldwide.

What is South Africa?

400

Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at

What is 'Hotel California'

Hotel California by Eagles

500

This social media platform's algorithm change in 2016, switching from chronological to "algorithmic timeline," sparked massive user backlash and even a hashtag

What is Twitter?

500

The Great Wall of China or Hadrian’s Wall: Which of these structures was primarily built to protect the northern border of an empire from invasions by nomadic tribes?"

What is Hadrian’s Wall?

500

This serious respiratory illness can develop from inhaling water droplets contaminated with bacteria, which can occur in humid environments like paper mills.

What is Legionnaires' disease?

500

This remote British territory in the South Atlantic is known as the place where Napoleon was exiled and died.

What is Saint Helena?

500

It's a god-awful small affair, to the girl with the...

What is "mousy hair"?

David Bowie lyric from "Life on Mars"